Gretchen Devault of The Blue Herons Fifth Anniversary Show

Thanks to Gretchen Devault for taking the time to put together this wonderful one hour set of music for The Eardrum Buzz Radio Fifth Anniversary. 

 

 

The Blue Herons are Andy Jossi (The Churchhill Garden, The Serpent Garden) and Gretchen DeVault (The Icicles, The Francine Odysseys, Voluptuous Panic, Hero No Hero). The jangle pop duo formed in late 2020 and have since released multiple singles and a full-length album in 2024 and is set to release another full-length album in 2026.

 

The Blue Herons started as a side project for Jossi. After building a following with his shoegaze band The Churchhill Garden, he wanted a separate outlet for his jangle pop songs. The Blue Herons featured guest vocalists and musicians including Krissy Vanderwoude (The Churchhill Garden, Whimsical), Marty Willson Piper (The Church, All About Eve), Hideka, and Thierry Haliniak. While releasing music under The Blue Herons name and looking for the right vocal partner, Jossi connected with DeVault.

 

DeVault has been active in the indie pop and dream pop scene for years. She led The Icicles through several albums and secured licensing deals with Target and Motorola in the early 2000s. In 2013, she formed the transoceanic shoegaze duo Voluptuous Panic with Brian Bowe. After moving to LA in 2016, she returned to her indie pop background and formed The Francine Odysseys releasing two EPs and a single. DeVault is also part of Hero No Hero with Ken Aki, which released an EP in 2020 and a full-length album in 2024.

 

Links:

https://theblueherons.com/

https://theblueherons1.bandcamp.com

 

Setlist:

Doomsday, Sunday (1994), Doomsday – Single

Drown, Bleach Lab, Drown – Single

Ones Who Love You, Alvvays, Alvvays

Bounded Hearts, Tales of Moon, The Meaning EP

wait, i see an albatross!, copperplate, wait, i see an albatross! – Single

Heart in Your Heartbreak, The Pains of Being Pure At Heart, Belong

Please Don't Move To Melbourne, Ball Park Music, Like Love

Only If You Want To, Jetstream Pony, Bowerbirds and Blue Things

Sea Legs, atmos bloom, Sea Legs – Single

Demon Slayer, The Blue Herons, Demon Slayer – Single

Windows and Doors, Dumb Things, Windows and Doors – Single

On My Mind, Mt. Misery, Love In Mind

Ocean's Calling, Stephen's Shore, Green – EP

Shopping in the Toothpaste Aisle, No Frills, Sad Clown

Stay, Sea Lemon, Diving For A Prize

A New Crown, Shapes Like People, Ticking Haze